John William Macdonald Coshall (21 January 1901 – 1975) was an English footballer who played as a left-back in the Football League for West Ham United. He later played for French club AS Cannes.[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John William Macdonald Coshall | ||
| Date of birth | 21 January 1901[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Erith, England | ||
| Date of death | 1975 (aged 73–74) | ||
| Position(s) | Left-back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Erith & Belvedere | |||
| 1928–1929 | West Ham United | 2 | (0) |
| Cannes | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Coshall joined West Ham United for the 1928–29 season, along with Erith teammate Arthur Smith, after impressing during preseason games.[3] He made two First Division appearances for the east London club.[4] He went on to join AS Cannes, part of a contingent of British players in the South of France around that time; contemporaries at the club with League experience were Ted Donaghy, Stan Hillier and Willie Aitken.[5][6]
References
edit- ^ "John Coshall". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ Joyce, Michael (2012) [2002]. Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 66. ISBN 978-1-905891-61-0.
- ^ Hogg, Tony (2005). Who's Who of West Ham United. Profile Sports Media. p. 53. ISBN 1-903135-50-8.
- ^ "John Coshall". westhamstats.info. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
- ^ Taylor, Matthew (2010). "Football's Engineers? British Football Coaches, Migration and Intercultural Transfer, c.1910–c.1950s". Sport in History. 32 (5): 138–163. doi:10.1080/17460261003617011. S2CID 143758531.
Cornelius's connections were doubtless significant in the move of two other former Erith and Belvedere players, Stan Hillier and John Coshall, to AS Cannes at around the same time
- ^ "The French Menace; The Migration of British Players to France in the 1930s". Soccer History. No. 18. pp. 19–20.
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